I think at that AAV the team woukd want the seven years or 8 years. I don’t think the $2 mil difference woukd be the hold up. They could force fit that deal if it was available. Don’t downplay the hard ass nature of Mercer’s agent. He’s more or less the Boras on NHL agents.
I disagree. If they wanted to they could force it. Send down MacDermid and they have over $6 mil. Send down DeSimone and Foote and they are easily over $7 mil per. It’s not ideal but they could do it if they wanted to. Now maybe they never intended to give him a long term deal but to say they couldn’t even now is offset by the math. As for their reasoning I don’t think what has been discussed here is necessarily reflective of anything thr team has stated. I haven’t heard any quotes from the team about proving it or betting on himself etc. The only time it’s come up is here among posters. You are inferring from the lack of perceived cap space but without all the backstory it’s hard to know what was said behind closed doors and in that context I will say never underestimate an arrogant agent’s ability to make it about them and “winning”. Even at the expense of their clients. I’d be inclined to blame that dynamic more than anything the team may or may not have done.
Upcoming retirement announcement
He lost the will to compete for no apparent reason. He’s decided instead he’s going to play drums for Spinal Tap.
Should probably just hope Nemec and Luke have down years so Mercer can get paid.
So Brisson is f***ing Mercer over for another of his clients? Damn the conspiracy runs deep.
Brisson isn't answering to anyone I would imagine...not with over a billion dollars in clientele.
He won’t unless there is a conflict . If Brisson does something Jim Hughes doesn’t want we will see the brothers change agents. Their next deals will be worth close to $300 million and at standard agent rate Jim can live quite well off that if he has to take them elsewhere.
It'll be interesting to see how this pans out. I hope Mercer doesn't get screwed but it really seems inevitable to me.
the team gets two years of leverage after that the player has the upper hand.
Hardly an upper hand for an RFA. The money/space still has to be there even with arb rights
Arbitration favors the player. He at least gets market value. It’s why those always settle in today’s world.
That's kind of funny to me...that getting market value is considered advantage to the player.... imagine working in an industry where you hope the day comes to get "market value"
